Parts Used: Flowers, leaves, fruits

Active Compounds:
The leaves, flowers, and berries of hawthorn contain a variety of bioflavonoid-like complexes. Bioflavonoids found in Hawthorn include oligomeric procyanidins (OPCc), vitexin, quercetin, and hyperoside.

Believed to be of value for:
Treating either high or low blood pressure by strengthening the action of the heart. Helps many blood pressure problems. The tea is believed to be beneficial for nervous tension and sleeplessness heart disease: Hawthorn may help the heart in several ways. It may open (dilate) the coronary arteries, improving the heart's blood supply. It may increase the heart's pumping force. It may eliminate some types of heart-rhythm disturbances (arrhythmias). It may help limit the amount of cholesterol deposited on artery walls.

Other Names: Hawthorne, haw, May bush, May tree, May blossom, mayflower, quickset, thorn-apple tree, whitethorn, Hawthorn